What are the responsibilities and job description for the Union Porter - Brooklyner Apartments position at Equity Residential?
At Equity Residential, we're dedicated to creating thriving communities, and we invite you to be part of our team. Embracing values like Diversity, Sustainability, and Total Wellbeing, we foster a workplace culture of authenticity and collaboration.
How We Deliver A Winning Performance:
- Question Authority
- Walk the Talk
- Share Knowledge
- Listen, not just Hear
- See the Glass Half Full
- Take Educated Risks
- Enjoy the Ride
- Share the Spotlight
- Do the Right Thing
- Test Your Limits
We Care About Your Total Wellbeing:
- Physical Wellbeing: Medical, dental, and vision care
- Social Wellbeing: 9 paid holidays, annual vacation time, paid sick leave, new parent benefits
- Financial Wellbeing: 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan, Rent Discounts, Competitive Compensation
- Community Wellbeing: Paid Community Service Hours
- Career Wellbeing: Leadership Development
- Learn more about our Total Wellbeing program here.
What You’ll Be Doing:
As a Concierge, you will spend most of your time delivering superior customer service, ensuring seamless tour experiences, exceptional move-ins, total satisfaction, express service, and personal attention, contributing significantly to customer loyalty and resident retention while embodying professionalism at all times.
- Warmly welcoming residents, prospects, and guests, handling packages promptly and professionally
- Answering phones with courtesy, preparing for self-guided tours, and proactively addressing customer needs
- Providing resident services such as lockout assistance, transportation arrangements, and event support
- Facilitating routine service requests, promptly passing them to relevant personnel, and coordinating emergency responses
- Ensuring timely entry of service requests and conducting routine inspections for organized common areas
- Vigilantly monitoring security systems for a secure environment
- Implementing security measures by securing sensitive information and locking computers when away
What You’ll Need To Thrive:
- High School diploma or equivalent
- Valid Driver's License required if employee will operate a motorized vehicle (e.g., car, golf cart) in their role. This varies by location.
- Office team employees, with limited exceptions, are required to use their own Smartphone to perform certain aspects of their job
- Computer literacy and effective communication skills
- Availability to work a flexible schedule, including weekends
Bonus Qualifications:
- Customer service experience
- New Jersey only: Fire Safety Certification
Salary: $21.5819 / hour
Employees are eligible for overtime pay and performance incentives
Working for Equity Residential (EQR), a leading multi-family real estate investment trust (REIT), means living our purpose: creating communities where people thrive. It means striving to provide the best in apartment living, speaking boldly about new ideas for innovation, and inspiring creativity in the ways we work together.
When you join Equity Residential, you won’t be treated as simply another employee — you will be considered a partner in our shared success. As such, we are committed to investing in your personal success through a benefits program that supports your Total Wellbeing.
We recognize that everyone has different needs outside of work. That’s why, in addition to a competitive benefits package (medical, dental, vision and paid time off), we offer many unique benefits options to employees, like a comprehensive wellness program, pet insurance, new parent benefits, and paid time off for community service projects. In addition to your next job, you can also find your next home with us! Rent discounts on Equity Residential apartment homes are available to our benefits-eligible employees. The amount of the discount offered is determined based on the market, ranging upwards from 20%.
At Equity Residential, like our residents, our employees come from everywhere. A richly diverse work environment captures top talent, cultivates the best ideas, and creates the widest possible platform for success. By focusing on inclusion, these differences are harnessed to create value — in ideas, business practices, relationships, and employee engagement. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we are committed to maintaining a diverse, inclusive and equitable work environment where our employees can thrive.
All aspects of the employment process are merit-based. Every Equity employee is expected to maintain a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment. Equity Residential does not discriminate against any employee or job applicant because of race, religion, color, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender, sexual/gender identity/expression, age, pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation or related medical conditions), physical or mental disability, national origin, citizenship status, military (including uniformed service member or protected veteran) status, marital status, genetic characteristic or information, ancestry or any other characteristic protected by law. Equity Residential also prohibits retaliation against individuals who report harassment or discrimination, or participate in investigations into such conduct.
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